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    Who thinks W Hotels is now thinking "Is there something about Houston that we have been ignoring?" They have Hotels in all the major cities but have skipped Houston for years. Atlanta alone has 3 W hotels.
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    Just Imagine coming into the city from 290 and getting on the 610 Loop west and seeing the uptown skyline then entering the West Loop tunnel. It would be very cool and it would urbanize that side of town and create a sort of Central Park for Uptown and integrate both sides of the freeway. It wouldn't all have to be a park. Some of it could be lowrise buildings over the freeway or some of it could be like the parts of the South West Freeway or the beltway near I-10 that are submergered with bridges.
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    The Next West Loop Reconstruction Wouldn't it be nice if the next time the West Loop was reconstructed as a submerged freeway and a park placed at ground level? That would make the area 100% more walkable and would change the way the area is developed for the better. What do you all think? What is your idea of a better design?
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    There was a new movie the other day on Lifetime (not that I watch Lifetime) called The Trip to Bountiful. It was set in Houston but filmed in Atlanta. Go figure. The last episode of the TV show Scandal had a few scenes that where supposed to be set in Houston. They showed the skyline but once they got to the scene the it was hilly and the people were shooting guns and very redneckish (fighting for their gun rights).
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    I agree with both of you. When I go to other cities such as NYC, DC, SF, etc and ride their heavy rail, I think to myself why can't Houston have this. Light Rail doesn't even come close, especially the way Houston built it. Many of you will complain that: Houston is to spread out; Houston people like to drive; Houston people won't ride heavy rail; Heavy rail is to inconvenient, etc, but none of that is true (except for being to spread out(but not to spread out for heavy rail)). I believe that heavy rail will make areas such as Uptown, Downtown, the Texas Medical Center, etc become more densley populated. I don't see Houston ever become an Alpha City without a heavy rail system.
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    This reply is very true. Houston may be feeling in the inner city, but at street level it sucks big time.
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    I wonder if Houston ever had a super station like TBS or WGN.???
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    Speak for yourself with liking the messy and unplanned aspects of Houston. Yeah I like see buildings in random places from the freeways, but when you get down to street level and realize that there is no life, no activity going, it can be very depressing. I mean here you are in the 4th largest city in America visiting for the first time, you think you are going to see a city slightly smaller than NY, LA, and Chicago. The skylines surely give you that feel but then you go throughout the city and realize that much of what you see is very suburban. You guys complain about traffic on the streets a lot but to me, traffic makes an area livelier. But you also want to see buildings right up to the sidewalk, sidewalk cafes, people walking and shopping and riding transit, etc. Houston is getting a lot better though; there are a lot of urban developments going up in the city right now. They are not all perfect, but they are a big improvement of the old Houston way of developing strip malls and gated garden apartments.
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    This might be a dumb question, but how far is Hughes Landing from the Woodlands Town Square area?
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    That is the reason that no matter how much money I have I would never want to own any condo. Its like you are still renting, you don't truley own it because you have to constanlty pay that much a month. Not for me! Its amazing that that many people can afford that though.
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    Thats the same thing I was thinking. Maybe 5 years at the most if development trends continue the way they are going. It just seems out of place now.
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    I think the pros out weight the cons here. Cost should never be a factor when it comes to quaility of life in your city.
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    I think thats in Minneapolis. I think I found it while Googling "Washington Ave Houston." It would be nice if Houston Washinton Ave could become something similar to that.
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    I agree, Houston has the worst streets of any large city that I have ever seen. I don't think that I have ever seen streets lined with ditches in another large city. And don't get me started on the powerlines. They are all leaning every which way and its just.....BAD!
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    Very nice! Only problem I have is the streets! That make everything very disjointed (ditches etc).
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    I never said Mayor Parker has done nothing for the city, its just that it seems that if Peter Brown had become mayor there would have been more focus on urban planning. I don't see how it would be low on there list of priorities when its a quality of life issue. Houston is a fat city because people don't walk they drive and that is something that is for the most part forced because of the way that the city is developed. What is the point of requiring a set back with parking in the front? I looked up the Washington Ave future plans and could not find it, but any ways, I came across a Washington Ave plan in another city. Check it out: Here is an image of the Houston Washington Ave plan: My question is why make plans like this when you know that they are never going to happen because the city requires huge setbacks and parking, etc? It drives you nuts! You want to live in Houston but the way that development is currently done in the city you know that you can never get a true urban experence like you can get in other cities.
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    Why wouldn't they? The are voted into the City Council to do what is best for the city and wouldn't all that I listed be best for the city and its citizens?
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    Peter Brown’s sees sidewalks, power lines and the way buildings are place on lots as major problems. I don’t think zoning would fix that, it would just tell people where something can and cannot be built. If there was a standard that building must be built up to the sidewalk, power lines were not allowed in the middle of sidewalks and that sidewalks should be a certain width then I don’t think the problem of not having zoning will be much of a problem. Also Peter Brown could have reduced the parking requirements by a bunch.
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    I think Regent Square will be the best urban development of all the ones going up in Houston. The reason I say this is because the development mixes in with what is already there, it doesn't have parking lots around it like BLVD place and many of the others. This will just be a part of the city that you can walk directly to from the street and not have to pass through a parking lot to get to it.
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    How would Houston be different if Peter Brown had become mayor instead of Parker? Peter Brown is a huge advocate of urban planning in Houston and I wonder how his ideas would have made Houston a more walkable urban city. For example, If Peter Brown had become mayor of Houston, I believe all the development on Washington Ave would have been much more like you would find in other cities (up to the street, sidewalk cafes, etc). Here are some of his videos from around the city. He calls his self Pedestrian Pete on his Youtube Channel. I hope the guy he has with him in the above videos is coming to work for the city of Houston. Here is a link to all of his videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/BetterHoustonOrg/videos
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    An elevated crosswlak in my opinon would be very tacky when problems like this could be solved the way other cities would do it. As in, add stripes to the road so that people know that pedestians cross there, reduce the speed limit etc.
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    If the city was smart, instead of looking to widen the street for BRT, they should look for ways to narrow it a bit so that pedestrians will feel more comfortable walking in the area. Post Oak has a suburban design and that area has changed a lot since the road was fist designed. I think the medians should be removed and large continues sidewalks should be put in. Just my opinion.
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    METRORail Green Line

    citykid09 replied to a topic in Transit

    Are you sure light rail in Los Angeles is that similar to Houston's? From what I have seen, LA's light rail is set up more like a heavy rail system.
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    KBXX 97.9 The Box is giving away a 2014 Jeep Cherokee at the moment.
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    METRORail Green Line

    citykid09 replied to a topic in Transit

    Am I the only one that thinks this light rail looks out of place? For some reason it just doesn't seem right. And it looks a mess with all those powerlines and cords hanging above the light rail. But what can you say? They tried? I'm sorry its just not working for me. I think a street car line would have been much better for these VERY non urban areas. The money should have been spent on a subway line from downtown to the galleria and to the big airport. Just my opinion. Please post videos of a similar light rail line that goes through areas like this in other cities I would like to see.
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